'From Mt Solari, Capri', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'From Mt Solari, Capri', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'From Augustus Gardens, Capri', Watercolour on Paper, 2005.

'From Augustus Gardens, Capri, Italy', Watercolour, 2005.
I used to make a watercolour before each piece to sort out colour and had periods where theybecame nice little paintings in their own right. This was one of a series of small pieces for a show at Idiom a few years ago.

'Faraglioni, Capri, Italy', 2005.
Another piece from the trip to Capri.

'From Mt Solari, Capri, Italy', 2005.
For my birthday in 2005 I spent four days in a lovely villa on the western side of the island, a former home to the emperors in the Bay of Naples. By day the island was flooded with day trippers but of an evening the best way to see the stunning sunsets was on a clifftop with a glass of wine.

Two more for your viewing pleasure, the top one being 'Road to Zagora, Morocco #2', 2007. I went to Morocco at the end of 2005 and spend Xmas in the desert, waking not to cold and pressies under the tree, but sand and braying camels.

The second piece is from 2004 when I went to Capri on the Italian Amalfi coast for my birthday. The name of the piece is 'From Augustus Gardens, Capri#2' and the gardens sat atop the cliffs overlooking the fancy yachts and beautiful blue ocean below.